PIERRE MIGNARD (1612-1695)
The Death of Cleopatra
Oil on canvas. 96 x 128 cm
Provenance:
Former NAHMIAS collection.
Probably Jacques THULLIER A propos de Charles-Alphonse Du Fresnoy: du maître de Stockholm au maître de Cassel, in
Revue de l'art, III, 1996, p. 51-65.
Probably Figures de la Passion, cat. exp., Paris, Musée de la Musique, 23 October 2001- 20 January 2002, Paris, 2001, p. 152- 153, mentioned in the notice of n°38 repr.
Our painting is a reworking of the composition by MIGNARD formerly in Knole, Kent, now in the National
Trust.
